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Opposition walks out as budget presented in Punjab assembly
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SME Times News Bureau | 24 Mar, 2018
The opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
walked out from the Punjab assembly as Finance Minister Manpreet Singh
Badal presented a Rs 129,698 crore budget for 2018-19 on Saturday.
Terming
the budget as "directionless" and a "sham", the opposition leaders said
that the ruling Congress had failed to deliver on its promises,
including a total loan waiver for farmers and jobs for youth.
Badal,
while pointing out that the effort of the present government was
towards fiscal consolidation, presented budget proposals of over Rs
86,351 crore for the year 2018-19.
He announced new tax of of Rs 200 per month called the Punjab Development Tax.
Debt-ridden
Punjab's financial miseries have clearly increased. The state's
outstanding debt is expected to rise to a whopping Rs 211,523 crore
against the dent of Rs 195,978 crore for the outgoing financial year.
Badal proposed an amount of Rs 4,250 crore for the coming financial year for the farm loan waiver scheme of farmers.
Former Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa Badal had manipulated and suppressed the budget figures.
The
Congress government, led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, came to
power in March last year following a big win in the Assembly elections.
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